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Civil Society Declaration to the OECD 2008 Ministerial
Dear all,
A diverse group of civil society groups have worked on a joint Civil
Society Declaration to the OECD 2008 Ministerial on the Future of the
Internet Economy, which is currently taking place in Seoul. It raises
a number of issues of major importance to the civil society community
and makes a number of recommendations to move us towards the future of
the Internet that meets the essential needs of all the world's
citizens.
The declaration has been signed by (so far) EPIC, EFF, EDRi, IRIS,
IT4Change, KEPKA-CONSUMERS' PROTECTION CENTER, Impact Connection,
ATUDE (Association Tunisienne des Droits de l'Enfant), GreenNet, UK,
Privacy International, Knowledge Ecology International, Consumer
International, Public Knowledge, Center for Digital Democracy, ZBV,
The German Consumer Federation, UK National Consumer Council, Yale
Information Society Project, Tajikistani civil society organization
Public Fund Civil Internet Policy Initiative (CIPI), Association for
Progressive Communications, Consumers Korea, Jinbonet, CIPPIC-
Canadian Internet Policy and Public Interest Clinic, BEUC - The
European Consumers' Organisation, BEUC - The European Consumers'
Organisation, Centre for Community Informatics Research, Training and
Development, Consumer Council of Canada, Australian Privacy
Foundation, Oneworld - Platform for Southeast Europe (OWPSEE)
StrawberryNet, Romania, Metamorphosis Foundation, Macedonia, Laneta,
Mexico, Internet Governance Project (IGP Foundation For Media
Alternatives), Philippines and many individuals (Cory Doctorow, New
York Times bestselling author Co-editor/owner, Boing Boing Fulbright
Chair in Public Diplomacy, USC Delegate, World Economic Forum Young
Global Leaders, William Drake, Adam Peake, Urs Gasser, Jisuk Woo,
Fouad Riaj Bajwaw, Gerry Morgan Foundation, Carolina Rossini, Lisa
M.Dr. Mc Laughlin, Esteba Urbie Restrepo Public Internet Advocacy
Center, and many other individuals)
The full text of the Declaration is at:
http://thepublicvoice.org/events/seoul08/seoul-declaration.pdf
The declaration is open for sign on by civil society organizations and
individual CS representatives by Tuesday 12:00 US EST.
If your organization / you are interested in signing on, please email Katitza
Rodriguez Pereda of EPIC at katitza@datos-personales.org.
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